Pirates of the Caribbean Mini-Preview at GDXbox

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Another account of hands on the helm experience of the Xbox version of Akella's salty offering.

By IGN Staff

Dating from yesterday is a Pirates of the Caribbean preview which provides an overview of aspects such as character development and combative swashbuckling in Akella and Bethsoft's near complete title.

As many ways as there are to build your character, there are just as many to fight. You'll get involved in sword fights and pistol duels when you're in the towns and sometimes on the ships; the action is real-time so it varies from the standard RPG fare and fans of both types of games will enjoy this one. Besides just fighting you'll be able to explore the towns and interact with its denizens, provided you didn't decide on a dark path for Nathaniel, in which case you shouldn't expect to be welcomed at all. You'll need to hire deck hands and officers to help you in your battles and explorations; these guys can watch your back as you travel in the towns, so make sure you keep your charisma up. This will take you from taverns to churches and everywhere in between; you start out at the town of Oxbay needing to get repairs done to the hull of your ship and hire some new crew; this an easy way to ease you into the controls and give you an idea of the management of the ship and its hold. You learn to trade goods and sell them for a handsome profit, and the better commerce rating the player has the better deals you can make.

Accompanied by eight screenshots of in-game action, the article weighs in at around 789 words, but regrettably the writer fails to take advantage of the opportunity presented by the game's nautical theme to discuss the merits of large futtocks. - Annihilator